Author Archives: rabbisteinman

Do you remember your first trip to Israel?  I went on an eight-week high school program and fell in love with the country.  In particular I remember going to the Western Wall, the Kotel, on the 9th of Av and … Continue reading →

There is a significant confusion when I describe what I do to a Hebrew speaker.  I use the word ‘rav’ rabbi and they tell me that isn’t possible because I’m a woman (as if I didn’t know). (Rav u’morah is … Continue reading →

This is from ARZACanada.  They’ve made it really easy to do something very important.  If you’re not in Canada, please follow this link. Take Action – Send a Letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Please cut and paste the following text in … Continue reading →

And real life hero, Anat Hoffman.  That’s right.  The Jerusalem police force arrested Anat Hoffman on Rosh Chodesh Av, Monday, July 12, for carrying a Torah scroll at the Kotel plaza. You can read about it from many different perspectives … Continue reading →

Blogosphere, I am going to be away for two weeks and am taking a vacation from blogging. See you on the other side…

You might not be aware (and ‘you’ would definitely not be living in Toronto if this is the case) that the G20 begins this coming weekend.  All of downtown Toronto has been transformed into a security zone, it seems.  Last … Continue reading →

And by Venice I mean Italy not California.  An easy thing to confuse. When I was a first-year student at Brandeis I took this awesome class called, “Merchants, Moneylenders and the Ghetti of Venice” taught by Dr. Benjamin Ravid who … Continue reading →

With the World Cup on in the background, I just read of the passing of Manute Bol.  You can read an obituary, here.  I don’t know much about Bol beyond the basketball court but it seems after his career in … Continue reading →

Recently, I came across this article.  Conversions in Israel are a major issue not only for the Jews living there, for the entire Jewish people.  At the time of the founding of the State of Israel, David Ben-Gurion made an … Continue reading →

What would bring multiple generations of community together, embed Jewish values, and enable social justice values in one place?  Food, food access, healthy food choices, and the environment are clear issues in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).  Temple Sinai is … Continue reading →